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Articles of Incorporation. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



DEPARTKENT OF STATE. 



WnxiAM H. HiKEiCHSEX, Secretary of Stale. 



To All to Whom These Presexts Shall Come, Greetixg: 



Whereas, a Certmcate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in the 

 ofl&ce of the Secretary of State, on the i6th day of September, a. d. 1893. for the 

 organization of the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO, under and in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved 

 April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy 

 of which certificate is hereto attached. 



Now, therefore, I, William H. Hinxichsen, Secretary of State of the State of 

 Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify 

 that the said COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO is a legally organized 

 Corporation under the laws of this State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I heret; set ~y -:.- i and cause to be aSsei the Great 

 Seal of State. Done at the City of Sz~.z.zr.z.i, tliis i5th day of September, in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand eight hu^irri s" 1 nittety-three. and of the Inde- 

 pendence of the United States the c,z.t ':.^.L:tL -nl eigitee-tJ:. 



W. H. HLN'RICHSEX. 

 [Seal.] Secretary of Siaie. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H. HLNRICHSZN. 



Shcretast of Statb: 

 Sir: 



We, the unders^ned citizens of the United States, propose to form a corporaticHi 

 under an act of the General Asspnbly of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act Con- 

 cerning Corporations," approveil April 18, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof; 

 and that for the purposes of such organization we herdiy state as follow^ to- wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is the "COLUMBL\N MUSEUM OF 

 CHICAGO." 



2. The object for which it is formed is for the accumulation and dissemination 

 of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating Art, Archse- 

 ology. Science and History. 



3. The management of the aforesaid museum shall be ve?tr£ in 2 B:ard oi 

 Fifteen (15) Trustees, five of whom are to be elected e. ;: - t:.: 



4. The following named persons are herebv se.i;:;i -; :--e Trustees for the 

 first year of its corporate existence: 



Ed. E. Ayer, Charles B. FarweU, George E. Adan;, Ge::ge R. Davis. Charies 

 L. Hutchinson, Daniel H. Bumham, John A. Roche, M. C. Bullock, Emil G. Hirsch, 



